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who is there with the ghost?
marcellus, barnardo (guards) and horatio (hamlets friend)
story between denmark and norway
Denmark: old king hamlet killed Old King Fortinbras in a dual gaining some norway land and money
now young fortinbras wants to go to war against denmark to get land back but uncle to young fortinbras (current king tells him no)
what is the ghost wearing
war armor
why does the ghost leave?
hears the rooster crow
who is laertes and where does laertes go?
son of Polonious and brother to Ophelia
king gives him permission to go back to france (to study i guess)
where did hamlet go to school?
Wittenberg
Cornelius and Gertrude say no to him going back
what advice does Laertes give Ophelia?
not to give anything to Hamlet (to look out for herself)
what advice does Polonius give to Ophelia?
not to involve herself w hamlet bc he will just leave her and he does’nt want her to embarrass him
what advice does polonius give laertes?
give thy thoughts no tongue
be thou familiar but not vulgar
listen to everyone but don’t speak
dont judge out loud
be your true self
spend money but not too much
dont hang out w bad crowds
who says something is rotten in the state of denmark
marcellus
what does the ghost ask hamlet to do?
remember him
revenge him (by murder)
dont blame his mother
dont punish his mother
what is the ghosts punishment?
roams earth during night burns during day
how was old hamlet killed
poison in the ear while sleeping in the gardenby his brother Claudius
who says one may smile and smile and be a villian
the ghost
what does hamlet make the guards do
swear to not tell anyone about the ghost and go along with him acting crazy
who does Polonius have spy on laertes? and what’s his plan?
reyanold - wants him to spread rumors about Laertes' behavior to see “what sticks” and is true in Paris and report back to him.
how long btw act 1 and 2
2 months
who are rosencrantz and guildenstern?
old friends of hamlets who the king and queen employ to spy
who says since brevity is the sole of wit I will be quick
polonius
what does hamlet polonius and what does he mean?
Fishmonger- he’s a pimp (selling out his daughter)
who says Denmarks a prison?
Hamlet
what does Hamlet mean when he says i am but mad north- north- west and who is he talking to?
he’s only crazy some of the time (guildenstern and rosencrantz)
what story does Hamlet have the players reenact?
story of the trojan horse and pyrrhus
saw his father killed and wants to avenge him by killing the king of Troy
parallel to Hamlets life
what play does Hamlet ask them to perform
murder of gonzago
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